A filing with the SEC today disclosed a significant insider sale of LeMaitre Vascular shares as — George W LeMaitre, 10% Owner, Director and Officer — sold 45,000 shares in the company having a market value of approximately $1,559,711. There was one insider buy/sell transaction in the past 90 days prior to this transaction which resulted in the sale of 60,590 shares. Adding the most recent activity to this 90-day history indicates insider trades have been net sales of 105,590 shares and have averaged 52,795 shares per transaction over this time period.

Over the last 90 days, the number of insider buy/sell trades at LeMaitre Vascular is greater than its 93-company peer group average. The Advanced Medical Equipment & Technology peer group saw 113 buy/sell trades during this period for an average of 1.2 transactions per company. However, the number of shares traded per transaction by LeMaitre Vascular insiders is lower than its peers. Within the peer group there were 12,783,275 shares purchased and 866,700 shares sold with company insiders acquiring 175,244 shares on average over this time period.

In order to focus on significant insider buying and selling activity, all trading activity reported to the SEC that involves awards, options, exercise of derivative securities, company buy-backs, taxes, gifts, shares acquired via inheritance and tenders or exchange offers has been eliminated data used to evaluate and write this story.